Earlier this year, on World Cancer Day, the Health and Social Care Secretary made clear that tackling cancer is a priority. We committed to making this country’s cancer outcomes the best in Europe over the next 10 years. In …
The Foundation Programme is a two-year programme which doctors undertake after graduating to enable them to practise as a doctor in the UK. It precedes specialist or general practice training. A Foundation Programme (FP) post is a job – and …
Several media reports running today about NHS Nightingale are misleading. There is no shortage of nurses and all coronavirus patients who need treatment are being treated in existing London hospitals. NHS Nightingale has been set up to treat patients if …
The Department of Health and Social Care is working to deliver a state-backed indemnity scheme from April 2019. We have provided answers to some FAQs below. The final details of the scheme remain subject to ongoing discussions with partners including …
In early 2018, the Department for Health and Social Care commissioned a survey of GPs, Nurses and Pharmacists in General Practice. The survey was designed to help the department understand current indemnity arrangements within General Practice, informing the development of …
In October 2017, the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care announced the intention of the Department of Health and Social Care to develop a state-backed indemnity scheme for general practice in England. This announcement recognised that the rising …
Health and Social Care Secretary Jeremy Hunt has today signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Argentinian Government to work together against antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in the environment. Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) happens when microbes including bacteria, viruses, fungi and parasites …
The UK Government’s Global AMR Innovation Fund, managed by the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) and Canada’s International Development Research Centre (IDRC) are partnering on a new initiative, aimed at reducing the emerging risk to global health and …
The growing problem of dependence and addiction to prescription drugs is set to form the basis of an independent review announced today by the Government, as stark figures show one patient in eleven was prescribed a potentially addictive drug last …
Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt has called on people to overcome a “fatal reluctance” to talk about organ donation with relatives, as he launches a major public consultation on plans to introduce a new opt-out system. Figures from NHS Blood and …
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